Monday, December 12, 2005
Office Parties
Came across some hilarious advice for the office parties. Please follow the rules.
Employees:
Keep one hand free during the evening so that you can shake hands.
Keep your drink in the left hand so you are not offering a wet, cold handshake.
Don’t bring the party lampshade or gag gifts for the boss.
Do keep your hands to yourself.
Do not use the furniture to dance on.
Use a stepladder to put up decorations – not a swivel chair.
Don’t make a pig of yourself just because the food and drink is free.
Don’t monopolize conversation but don’t be the office bore either.
Office party is not a good place for bragging about your achievements, correcting and ridiculing colleagues or blowing off steam.
Don’t wear your clubbing attire to the office party.
Remember – Office party is not a singles bar.
Don’t flirt even innocently. Jim from Accounts will look different in day light and when sober.
Don’t let your guard down in case you give your secrets away.
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Employers:
Think carefully before you rush to book the entertainment like Bernard Manning or a strip-0-gram for your party. When Bernard Manning performed for one company, the host hotel was deemed liable for the offence caused to Afro-Caribbean waitresses by Manning's racist jokes.
Be careful if you intend to provide a free bar. Whitbred Brewery was taken to tribunal after dismissing three employees who got drunk and had a fight after a seminar on improving behavioural skills.
Make it clear that photocopying body parts will not be tolerated neither will be carrying a mistletoe through out the entire evening.
Avoid staff performance reviews and bonuses at the office party so that the employees don’t misunderstand that they were offered higher salary in the spirit of the festivities.
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I am now fully equipped for an office party! As an employee as well as an employer.
Employees:
Keep one hand free during the evening so that you can shake hands.
Keep your drink in the left hand so you are not offering a wet, cold handshake.
Don’t bring the party lampshade or gag gifts for the boss.
Do keep your hands to yourself.
Do not use the furniture to dance on.
Use a stepladder to put up decorations – not a swivel chair.
Don’t make a pig of yourself just because the food and drink is free.
Don’t monopolize conversation but don’t be the office bore either.
Office party is not a good place for bragging about your achievements, correcting and ridiculing colleagues or blowing off steam.
Don’t wear your clubbing attire to the office party.
Remember – Office party is not a singles bar.
Don’t flirt even innocently. Jim from Accounts will look different in day light and when sober.
Don’t let your guard down in case you give your secrets away.
************************************************************************************
Employers:
Think carefully before you rush to book the entertainment like Bernard Manning or a strip-0-gram for your party. When Bernard Manning performed for one company, the host hotel was deemed liable for the offence caused to Afro-Caribbean waitresses by Manning's racist jokes.
Be careful if you intend to provide a free bar. Whitbred Brewery was taken to tribunal after dismissing three employees who got drunk and had a fight after a seminar on improving behavioural skills.
Make it clear that photocopying body parts will not be tolerated neither will be carrying a mistletoe through out the entire evening.
Avoid staff performance reviews and bonuses at the office party so that the employees don’t misunderstand that they were offered higher salary in the spirit of the festivities.
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I am now fully equipped for an office party! As an employee as well as an employer.
# posted by butterflyuk : 12/12/2005 11:04:00 pm
